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post/books/v1/author1 credit

author by OLID (OL..A) → bio/photo/dates/alternate-names/remote-ids(goodreads/wikidata/viaf/gutenberg)/links + include_works; or query/name → best-match-ranked author list

Working example

Parameters

idoptional

OpenLibrary author id (OL..A) for a profile. Supply `id` OR a query (`query`/`name`/`q`) for author search.

queryoptional

Author search text → best-match-ranked list. Supply this OR `id`.

include_worksoptional

Profile mode only: also return the author's top works.

works_limitoptional

Max works when include_works=true (1-50). (1–50)

limitoptional

Results per page (1-50, default 10); out-of-range values are clamped. (1–50)

request preview

curl -X POST https://api.reefapi.com/books/v1/author \
  -H "x-api-key: $REEF_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"j r r tolkien"}'

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